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	Review: Riverbed closes the WAN gap Riverbed Steelhead with RiOS 7 takes a huge bite out of UDP, video, and VDI traffic over the WAN, adding to its excellent TCP and file access optimizations Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Mobility in the Network: A Phased Technology Approach The evolution of the network to provide the intelligence needed to address user, device and application mobility is underway. In this white paper, Extreme Networks® outlines the five phases required to bring mobility into the network. Learn more. In this Issue The network benefits of WAN Virtualization 8 ways to customize Windows 8 Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova Brocade struts its SDN stuff VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC Cisco mobility bundles target BYOD, mobile virtual desktop WAN virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing New engine to power Xangati's performance monitoring product WHITE PAPER: Limelight Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More! The network benefits of WAN Virtualization Having covered in recent columns what WAN virtualization is and how it relates to WAN optimization, let's look at the benefits to the network that WAN virtualization delivers for the WAN manager, which are substantial. Read More 8 ways to customize Windows 8 The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Read More Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you may have been left frustrated by the overcrowded network that prevented that all-important message from making your friends jealous. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM How Analytics Bring Organizations Closer to Their Customers Find out how IBM Business Analytics solutions can help your company turn disconnected data into information, information into insight, then turn insight into action that can boost your bottom line. Learn More VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops. Read More Brocade struts its SDN stuff The concept of "software defined networks" (SDNs) has become all the rage in networking over the past year or so. Now, I do believe that the "mouthshare" for SDNs far exceeds the amount of money being spent on it, but it's clear, from the inquiries I get from network managers trying to understand what SDNs are and if they're applicable for their organizations, that SDNs will be here to stay for the foreseeable future. Read More VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm of theft of service for using its network to deliver voice service without paying for it. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye FireEye Advanced Threat Report – 2H2011 This report is unique in that it is not an analysis of well-known malware or billions of spam messages. Instead, we provide insight into the threats that are successful and therefore dangerous -- those which got through traditional defenses and into enterprise networks in 2H 2011. Read now. Cisco mobility bundles target BYOD, mobile virtual desktop Cisco announced three pre-tested bundles of products and services designed to cut through the confusing complexity of enterprise mobility. Read More WAN virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing Last time, we covered the network benefits of WAN virtualization. Here, we look at how WAN virtualization delivers benefits "beyond the WAN" to the security and computing sides of the enterprise IT shop. Read More New engine to power Xangati's performance monitoring product The latest version of Cupertino-based Xangati's virtual dashboard product will boast a new performance management engine and the ability to work with eight instances of VMware vCenter, instead of just one. Read More
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